Daily Tech News 3 August 2026

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The Xbox may keep disc support as Sony shoots itself and its customers in the feet. (WCCFTech)

This would be an intelligent and obvious move meaning there is no chance it will happen.
Xbox has been hit with worldwide price increases. (WCCFTech)

I bought one a while back. One the one hand, it has since increased in price by nearly 50%. On the other hand, it's sitting in my closet.

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AMD's new Zen 6 CPUs offer (reads article) piddly little improvements that it is impossible to get excited about. (Tom's Hardware)

Though this is on top of them being about twice as fast as Zen 4 or Zen 5 desktop CPUs, so they still look pretty good. Though Zen 5 itself was nothing spectacular compared with Zen 4.
New York has published new rules that will force online services to... Publish feeds showing only accounts users have subscribed to, in strict chronological order. (NY)

The problem is that this new law is only in effect for minors.
A group of teenage hikers relied on Google maps and ended up needing a rescue. (SFGate)
When a group of teenagers set out to hike British Columbia's famed Howe Sound Crest Trail in early July, Google Maps suggested the trek would take about five hours.
Instead, the hike stretched deep into the night, leaving the group exhausted, dehydrated, injured, deeply stupid, and in need of a helicopter rescue.
Uh, yeah. That trail involves CLIMBING A FUCKING MOUNTAIN.
There's a shortage of MacBook Airs because of the shortage of memory. (Tech Crunch)

Everybody hardest hit.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Nonsense. You're only saying that because no-one ever has.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

2 G'Day everyone
Its Monday again, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (sAmhv)

4 It's not tomorrow yet where I am at.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

5 Why, it is not even 11:00pm.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

6 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (part one)

25:31 running time yowza

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

7 My grandfather was a stereophonic. He had a large stereo with the old tubes. Often he had to replace one and we went shopping for the parts.
He loved this album and played it often

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)

8 There's a shortage of MacBook Airs because of the shortage of memory. (Tech Crunch)

Everybody hardest hit.

Glad I got mine when I did.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 04:36 AM (sAmhv)

9 6 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (part one)

25:31 running time yowza
Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

The discordant note at 1:00 made me jump.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)

10 (could be the covfefe)

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)

11 5 Why, it is not even 11:00pm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

Hawaii, maybe!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

12 11 5 Why, it is not even 11:00pm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

Hawaii, maybe!
Posted by: m

Tardis.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 04:41 AM (sAmhv)

13 Howdy, late-night/early-morning morons!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:46 AM (rdVOm)

14 Hawaii, maybe!
Posted by: m

maybe....

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:49 AM (X0Pix)

15 12 11 5 Why, it is not even 11:00pm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

Hawaii, maybe!
Posted by: m

Tardis.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 04:41 AM (sAmhv)

; )

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:50 AM (odBC9)

16 One third of the way through Introduction to Operating Systems and, since last lecture, the value of the economy cores on CPUs we've read about here is starting to make sense.
This CS degree really has been an eye opener to the shiny little nuggets of ignorance I've been nursing all these years reading the daily tech news.
I just wanted a sit down job in air conditioning that wasn't sending emails!

Posted by: Nato at August 03, 2026 04:55 AM (XAyZ8)

17 13 Howdy, late-night/early-morning morons!
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:46 AM (rdVOm)

A JQ sighting!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:56 AM (odBC9)

18 What is this "X-Box" all the kids keep talking about?

Posted by: Miklos, playing Axis and Allies 1996 edition at August 03, 2026 05:00 AM (XOG/m)

19 hmm

Michael Tracey
@mtracey
9h
Sorry but the materials released by @MaxMillerOH today cast extreme doubt on the allegations of child abuse made against him by his former wife, Emily Moreno. ...

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 05:00 AM (odBC9)

20 The AI arms race is making things stupid, M1mac minis have shot up substantially on eBay to the point where they are only a couple of dollars less than a brand new m5 Mac mini.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:00 AM (XV/Pl)

21 and

Michael Tracey
@mtracey
11h
Congressman Max Miller may well be a total psycho -- psychotic enough that he attacked his two-year-old daughter -- but public statements from his ex-wife, and ex-wife's father, are not reliable. Without independent fact-finding, it's impossible to know what really went on here

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9)

22 Even in Alaska its 1am

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

23 Howdy, m!

"Oh, no! I've been sighted!"

Hope not in the crosshairs, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

24 I remember "Tubular Bells" and that I liked it. I did not recall that the musician was English and did not know that he was nice looking, IMO:

https://tinyurl.com/jeyh4chn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:02 AM (rHgXV)

25 Not a gamer.

Xbox, PS(x), whatever... wish I had time for that rot, but I don't.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:03 AM (rdVOm)

26 Just read Spokane is have a total wipeout fire.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)

27 Anytime I hear Tubular Bells, it reminds me of The Exorcist, a film I loathe.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:07 AM (XV/Pl)

28 I voted for tubular bells

Posted by: The Ballots at August 03, 2026 05:08 AM (LOZbR)

29 I have been dealing with a cold making me miserable for the last couple of days, but the kitten has kept me amused . Not that he's trying to. He just is amusing. He hunches up his back and hops sideways. I call this move "Halloween Cat" or "Playing Richard III". He also gets up on our old rocking chair and puts his paws through as if he's trying to get out of prison.

I do think that younger people should have kittens and we should have gone for a settled older cat, but we love him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:10 AM (rHgXV)

30 I'm here... I have coffee... That's about all I can manage right now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:11 AM (O7YUW)

31 Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:07 AM (XV/Pl)

I have never seen "The Exorcist" . It's not one I ever wanted to see.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:12 AM (rHgXV)

32 @31

>>It's not one I ever wanted to see.

You are not missing anything by not seeing it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:13 AM (XV/Pl)

33 Hey JQ, I see you're still with us. Did you see my post in the ONT to you about that episode of "The Twilight Zone" (1985 series) that had the time workers in it?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

34 Even in Alaska its 1am
Posted by: Skip

Honoruru bars are open for three more hours, and clubs for five!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 05:14 AM (X0Pix)

35
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)

36 @29/FenelonSpoke: "He hunches up his back and hops sideways."

Put on Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'n Roll" - see if it inspires him.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

37 Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:13 AM (XV/Pl)

The only reason I would want to see it is that I think Max Von Sydow was an excellent actor, but I mostly avoid creepy horror films and particularly those dealing with the supernatural.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:17 AM (xSAlF)

38 Wotking at a school renovation again today. Thursday when was there found there is WiFi. Other sites came up but wouldn't appear to let me get here.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0)

39 One of the nice features of my movie vault/plex replacement is the search feature, it allows me to see where my gaps are.

My comedy collection was woefully low, rectifying that now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:18 AM (XV/Pl)

40 >>>Everybody hardest hit.

News to me.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 05:18 AM (dK+Kv)

41 Evening and morning, all! Yes, it's Monday yet again; stipulated. But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:23 AM (wzUl9)

42 "Be still" Devotional on Psalm 40:1-5:

https://tinyurl.com/4pvnnux6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:24 AM (rHgXV)

43 Did you see my post in the ONT to you about that episode of "The Twilight Zone" (1985 series) that had the time workers in it?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Yes! I saw your poast, but haven't seen that particular episode of TZ. Imagining something like King's The Langoliers?

Interesting. And believable! Especially after the 18-month search...

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:24 AM (rdVOm)

44 I do think that younger people should have kittens and we should have gone for a settled older cat, but we love him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026

***
Tell me all about dat!
( -- Just a guy who adopted two rambunctious kittens in the summer of '22)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9)

45 Just read Spokane is have a total wipeout fire.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)

Yep. Couple friends evac'd. Nobody lost anything yet. But neighborhoods surrounding them did. Way too close for comfort.

Check out watchduty.org (mobile) for fire map. Feels like tge whole of Eastern WA is on fire. AGI spiked to 250+ today.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 05:25 AM (dK+Kv)

46 God morning! Coffee is percolatin', the sprinkler is running, and the dogs are fed. Gonna be another hot day here in Cowtown.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2026 05:26 AM (3Ope8)

47 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

LOL. He probably doesn't need to be anymore inspired than he is. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:27 AM (xSAlF)

48 Grumpy and Recalcitrant--

Hope your leg cramps subside!

Calves? I sometimes get "charlie horse" calf cramps. Can undo them by raising toes, lowering heel. Yes, got to jump up out of bed to do it, but the relief is instant. Hold the foot position for a few & let muscles relax.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:29 AM (rdVOm)

49 Its not fun what I have to do. But its close and pays well
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:30 AM (Ia/+0)

50 From the ny.gov article: { “When I came into office, our children were in the throes of a full-blown mental health crisis, and as New York’s first mom Governor, I felt a moral imperative to act,” }

https://youtu.be/xhYJS80MgYA

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

51 Anyway! I'm up, sipping coffee, looking at a stunningly low (for here) temp of 77, and planning to go work out.

Later we will hit Walmart for supplies -- my refrigerator freezer has ice, one pot pie, three burritos, and some frozen peas and carrots. Nothing more. I dunno how that happened.

last night on Movies!, I watched the classic thriller Wait Until Dark w/ Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin -- it still pulls you in after sixty years! -- and Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. I don't think I've ever seen the film all the way through; the denouement was new to me. Different from the book, I think, though I can't recall how it ended.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

52 Ugh, 2:30 a.m. here-- I better get to bed.

Good night, all!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:33 AM (rdVOm)

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